Columbia Masters Vol.3
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Label: Barbirolli Society
Cat No: SJB1027
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 13th June 2011
Contents
Works
Le Carnaval romain (Roman Carnival): overture, op.9 H95Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26
Petite Suite (orch. H Busser)
Rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra, L116 'Premiere Rapsodie'
La Valse
Artists
Benny Goodman (clarinet)Nathan Milstein (violin)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
John BarbirolliWorks
Le Carnaval romain (Roman Carnival): overture, op.9 H95Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26
Petite Suite (orch. H Busser)
Rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra, L116 'Premiere Rapsodie'
La Valse
Artists
Benny Goodman (clarinet)Nathan Milstein (violin)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
John BarbirolliAbout
Toscanini was the supreme autocrat of the old school, ruling by terror, insult, tantrums and his own daemonic drive. Barbirolli, over thirty years younger, was the benevolent autocrat, more democratic, ruling through comradeship with his players, inviting them and the audience to share his own delight in music. The contrast in their philosophy was reflected in their interpretations: Toscanini inspired awe for the music he conducted; Barbirolli inspired love and affection.
Their different approaches are crystallized in their respective recordings of Verdi’s Otello and Requiem: the older man relentless, electric, dramatic in the extreme, incomparably exciting; the younger broader, with more humanity, many felicitous touches of detail, and caressing the phrases like a lover. Both are valid interpretations, both are true to the spirit of the music; both reveal different aspects of Verdi’s and of their own genius.
It is overlooked that Barbirolli not only succeeded Toscanini in New York: that would have soon been accomplished, a nine-day wonder. For seven years he conducted almost alongside him, the one in Carnegie hall, the other in the NBC studio. Of course, Barbirolli was not then the great conductor he was to become, for most conductors improve with age, but recordings (commercial and off-air) show that he was very good and that the orchestra had a rich and sensitive sound.
Barbirolli himself confessed in his last years that he ‘sometimes smiled’ at the recollection of his younger interpretations; he constantly re-studied even the most familiar symphonies.
Contents:
Hector Berlioz
- La Carnaval romain: Overture
Recorded: 16 November, 1940
Claude Debussy
- Petite Suite: Ballet (orch: Büsser)
- Première Rapsodie pour orchestre avec clarinette
Benny Goodman (clarinet)
Recorded: 16 December 1940
Maurice Ravel
- La Valse: Poème choréographique
Recorded: 16 November, 1940
Max Bruch
- Violin Concerto No.1 in G, Op.26
Nathan Milstein (violin)
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